Table 3 Pragmatic Interview Terms

accessible

easily understood by client

requires an explanation to be understood or responded to

accessible language

language is clear

wordy

allows an organization to readily assess progress over time ^a

believed in it

can be done over the phone

can be extracted from EMRs

choosing

clinical/client progress ^a

connect to outcomes ^a

conveys information to help people understand where they are in the system ^a

cost

less than $1.00/measure

costly

don’t have to be an expert

can be given to someone else to follow through

requires an additional set of skills or expertise to utilize it

requires a huge amount of training

easy to use

burdensome

cumbersome

feasible

interrupts daily work flow or productivity

fits within the sphere and scope of activities that are done by an organization

structures their work

further them in the discussion about their symptom ^a

further them in the discussion about what it is they want to work on ^a

further them in the discussion about why they are seeking treatment ^a

gives suggestive decisions about next clinical step ^a

important to clinical care

explain and utilize measure in session

not relevant to treatment

part of routine clinical work

not for quality improvement only

informs decision making ^a

intuitive

meaningful

tedious

measurable

specific for a given time frame

natural output of clinical work and quality improvement activities

mimics their work

provides suggestions for clinicians about adherence or fidelity ^a

responsive

results help reduce people from going to higher level of care ^a

sensitive to change

short

less than 15 min

long

time consuming

successfully measures things for you that are not working ^a

tells you what clinical interventions work for certain types of behaviors ^a

thought out

unrefined

tied to reimbursement

transparent

transparent up and down a system

subjective

useful results

reliable and valid results

uses an easy scale

valuable to the clinical process ^a

works for context